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Re:Dealing with Android fragmentation – experiences from our... by pisarzp on Monday August 05, 2013 @11:19AM (#6160601)
This still doesn't change the fact that phones using 2.2 are ancient and users are probably uninterested in downloading apps, so you can safely ignore them.

It's a high percentage, but mainly because of negative selection. People who don't care about apps bought cheapest Android phones.

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Re:Dealing with Android fragmentation – experiences from our... by ProblemFactory on Monday August 05, 2013 @11:49AM (#6160810)
I wish Google disclosed more statistics than "worldwide active users" for the Android versions.

If they published additional details, for example:

* filtering by country/city,

* filtering by age or demographics,

* "total money spent on apps" instead of active users,

then developers could be more confident in supporting 4.0+ only (and convincing their clients or employers to do so).

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Re:Dealing with Android fragmentation – experiences from our... by masklinn on Monday August 05, 2013 @11:57AM (#6160867)
> This still doesn't change the fact that phones using 2.2 are ancient and users are probably uninterested in downloading apps

That is a completely unsupported assertion.

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